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  • Patent number: 6354788
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a landscape truck which hauls equipment in the usual way yet doubles as a dump truck for hauling and dumping landscaping supplies. The truck has a conventional frame and drive train and includes a cab, a truck bed mounted to the frame behind the cab and raisable to a dumping position, and a ramp assembly movably attachable to the rear end of the bed. The ramp assembly is selectively moveable between a lowered position, wherein the ramp extends from the truck bed downwardly to the ground to allow equipment to be driven onto the back of the truck, and a raised position wherein the ramp assembly is raised to a position above the bed of the truck to allow the truck bed to be raised to its dumping position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2002
    Inventor: James A. Adams